Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-29


operations on Monday.
The greatest variety ofteas and tobac-
COS in the Hills at Cochran's.
Rorapaugh, sergeant-at-arms in the
house, is said to give excellent s~atisfac-
ton, and his reported incompetency en-
tirely groundless.
The Custer City Fire Company w
nounce a masquerade ball at the court
house on Tuesday evening, Feb. 22nd.
F. M. Hughes is erecting a building
on lower Custer Avenue which upon
completion, will be utilized by him as a
wagonwakers shop.
If you want a good partner get the
Farmers Daughter.
Carbonate stocks were quoted in
Deadwood on the Goth as follows: Iron
Hill, $I.l0; Rather lOcts; Seabury l0cts;
Segregated Iron Hill, Gets.
Assaying done at Booth & Webster's
Judge Thomas left Deadwood for Bis
marck on Tuesday to attend a session of
the supreme court. He was accom-
panied by Marshal Maratta.
Cochran's for groceries and hardware,
the cheapest house in the Hills, and the
best goods in the market.
A gold nugget, now on exhibition in
San Francisco, weighs thirty-ive
pounds troy. 1t is worth $40 per ounce,
and is said to be almost pure gold.
The Farmers Daughter is a cook
stove, the best stove made. 1t is sold at
J. Cochran's.
Gov. Church declines a proffered ban
Quet at Bismarck, upon the grounds Of
its being improper to be too previous in
accepting public congratulations over
the capture Of a bird that is yet in the
bush.
For fresh candy, genuine Havana
cigars, all kinds of pipes, go to Cochran's
where they sell cheap.
The letter Of &. l.. Fuller, appearing
elsewhere in this issue, may be accepted
as an index TO the general sentiment
prevailing among Custer visitors who
have taken the pains TO inform them
selves with reference TO the extent and
variety Of her surprising resources.
Rumors of a heavy tin deal having
been consumated between the Harvey
Peak Tin Company aad au English
syndicate are in circulation here. Fail
ing to trace the rumors to any reliable
source, We withhold further comment
pending the confirmation Of the same.
The healthfulness of Custer City is
simply wonderful. IT il q matter of
doubt AS to whether another place could
be found in any country showing AS
low a mortuary record in proportion to
the population. Death may be justly
included among Clusters rarest visitors.
Gentle zephyrs, and zephyrs which
were not quite SO gentle, have been the
rule during the week. No sign Of any
signs having been blown down, or any
buildings small or great being in the
least disturbed. Custer zephyrs, unlike
the foot hills blasts, are notably harm
less.
The Harvey Peak Tin Mining Com.
pany succeeded in making a purchase
of the last remaining interest in the
Sarah groupe of tin mines near the
Eta. known as the Neal property. for
which they paid, for the whole, SIS, 500.
The property is regarded a being among
the best in the Hills.
Attention is called to the new I'D of
Wood x Co, successors to James Clark,
in the butcher business in this city.
The reduction in the price of meats
which took effect on Monday morning,
is especially gratifying to the consumers
of this indispensable article in this Sec
ton.
The law recently passed by the legis-
lature extending the time for pay men of
taxes, applies to the year 1886 only, and
defers the 5 per cent penalty until July
LIST, but continues the interest at l per
cent per month from February LIST.
This law was evidently designed as a
measure Of relief, but when practically
viewed, will be found to contain less to
rejoice over than any act yet passed by
a Dakota legislature in the interests Of
the poorer classes.
Prof. Foster, Iowa's persistent weather
prophet is again at the front with fear
full storm predictions for February, con-
sisting of heavy rains, hail, snow, sleet,
high winds and heavy gales, covering
every part of the country east of the
rocky mountains. Four storms of I'M
usual violence are predicted between
the LIST and 18th. AS all storm signs
and predictions have hitherto failed in
this section, it is not probable that